"The Fateful Lightning: Civil War Eyewitness Reports" is a trade paperback book by Harold E. Straubing, first published in 1987. This reprint contains 244 pages and features eyewitness accounts from the United States Civil War period (1850-1877). The book is written in English and published by Paragon House Publishers, offering a historical insight into this significant period in American history. Unread. The book is clean and unmarked. There is a slight crease on the corner.